Cuspidor-cleaner.



O. COHEN.

CUSPIDOR CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2B. 1918.

1,298,295. Patented. Mar. 1919.

INVENTOR Oscar 60/7672 wm BY fl ATTORNEY OSCAR COHEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUSPID OR- CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

Application filed February 28, 1918. Serial No. 219,662.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR COHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in cuspidor-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cuspidor cleaners, and more particularly to a device for permitting cuspidors to be readily cleaned and handled without the necessity of grasping the same with the hand.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated of slmple construction and operation by means of which a cuspidor may be readily grasped so as to be transported. A further object is to provide a device having a handle provided with gripping elements for holding the cuspidor and a brush carried by this handle and so connected thereto so as to be movable independently thereof, means being provided for operating the brush so as to clean the inner surface of a cuspidor held by the gripping elements. A further object is to provide a brush mounted on the handle in such a manner as to permit angular adjustment of the handle of the brush to accommodate the particular cuspidor in connection with which it is used and insure proper wiping or brushing of the inner surface of the cuspidor. Further objects W111 appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view of a device constructed in accordance with my invention as used.

Fig. 2 is a front view,

Fig. 3 is a section through the brush supporting casing,

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the handle and the brush supporting casing carried thereby,

Fig. 5 is afragmentary detail sectlon through the brush supporting casing showing the means for securing the brush casing in angular adjustment. I

The handle 1 is provided at its lower end with the downwardly diverging arms 2. Curved arms 3 are pivotally secured at their upper ends to the lower ends of arms 2 for movement toward and away from each other. These arms are provided at their lower ends with gripping jaws 4; movable toward and away from each other and adapted to fit snugly about the neck portion of a cuspidor when in operative position, as indicated in Fig. 1. Each arm 3 is provided, at its upper end, with a downwardly directed hook ear 5. These ears are connected by a tension coil spring 6 acting to normally hold the gripping jaws 4 in position to engage snugly about the neck of the cuspidor. Each arm 3 is provided at its intermediate portion with an outwardly directed U-lug 7 in which is plvotally secured the lower end of a link 8, the upper end of which is pivotally secured to a collar 9' slidable on handle 1. This collar is provided intermediate the links 8 with an outwardly projecting lug 10 in which is pivotally secured the lower end of an adjusting hook 11. The bill of this hook is directed inwardly and is adapted to engage into any one of a vertical series of recesses 12 in the handle 1, selectively, thus securing the collar 9 in vertical adjustment on the handle. By this means, the links 8 may be raised or lowered so as to secure the gripping jaws 4 spread apart from each other and in inoperative position, or to release the gripping jaws for engagement about the neck of a cuspidor. In using this device, the collar 9 is raised so as to spread the gripping jaws apart from each other.

and after which these aws are placed about a cuspidor and the collar 9 released, the spring 6 forcing the gripping jaws toward each other and gripping the cuspidor in the manner indicated in Fig. 1. By this means, the cuspidor is secured so as-to be easily moved or transported by means of handle 1.

A substantially cylindrical casing 13 is secured on handle 1, adjacent the upper end thereof. This casing has a cupped front plate 14.- which is .hingedly secured t'hereto at its lowermost point, as at 15, and is of smaller diameter than the casing 13 so as to be rockable therein about the hinge 15. A disk 16 is supported concentrically within the rim of the front and in spaced relation therewith by means of bridge members 17 secured to the disk and to the rim, thus producing a guide slot 18 which extends entirely about disk 16. The disk is provided with a slot 19 which extends from the approximate center of the disk to the periphery thereof. This slot is adapted to snugly receive the shank 20 of an operating knob 21 to the inner end of which is secured a brush handle 22. This brush handle projects through an opening 23 provided through the eripheral wall of the cupped front 14. Soil expansion springs 24: are mounted in casingl -l 3 a nd bear against the inner face of front 14: so as to normally maintain the same in its outermost or raised position. The front is further provided with an upwardly dlrected tubular neck 25 in which is mounted a spring pressed 1 bolt 26 which is normally held in its innermost position by an expansion spring '27 mounted above the stem 28"o'fi'the bolt "and.

confined between the outer end of neck 25 a-ndtheheadv 29" at the inner end of stem 28. This neck 25" is operable in a slot 30 extend- V ing'trom the outer edge of the topportion of casing13; Bolt 26 carries a bar 31 se cured thereto and Which extends transver'sely of slot 30 outside of easing 1-3anjdis provided at each endfwith an inwardly directed finger 32. These fingers are adapted engage "into p nings asprovided in the casing13 at each side of slot/30 By this means the front plate 14 may be secured in rocked adjustment about-its hinge in casing 13 so as to vary the angle thereof. Brush rod or, handle 22' is provided, at its lower end, with suitable cleaning brush 34 which isadapted to be inserted into the cuspidor 35 and tobe operated-by means oftheknob 21 so as to cause movement of the brus'h over the inner surface of the cuspidor.

- In using this device, the gripping jaws 4; V

are spread so asto pass over the upper end of the: cuspidor and the brush 3% is inserted into the cuspidor, after which the gripping j aws are released so as to fit about the neck oftheqcuspidor; The knob 21is then moved downwardly in slot 19 o'f'disk lfi'into the circular slot or guide way 18. The'knob is then moved about this guide slot completely about uide disk 16. During this movement of the" nob,-'l1andle22 of the brush israised 'duringthe first half'ofthe movement of the 7 e knob sov as-to causeraising of brush 34.

" 1 Also, the brush rod .or handle 22 will slide in -ment of the ,knob about theguide disk;

this meansflbrush 34 is'brought in toengage- Incl-surface of theopenin g 231thus serving to cause rocking of the brushduring the vertical movement thereof, this resulting in moving the brush During the, second halfofithemove tion,-ithe brush being :moved through a sub- 'stantial'lyrellipti'cal path during the move- 'Ine'nt with a; relatively great area 'of'tlie inthc cuspidor so as to brush or cleanthe same; 7 V

:rior of the cuspidor has .beenpleanechthe approximately;.1 8,0 soasto permit the pther 'h altto :be cleanedadjusting the casing :14 in theinanner previously described, the angle at which the brush 3 1-. isrset maybe into the cuspidor.

Afterone-half of thev hate; 7 a V em th o g h periphe a cuspld or Lmaybej turned through a n-arc or 1 I 1 readily varied to suit in connection with which it is used; The

knob 21 fits in slot 19 snugly so as to be fricti'onally secured therein, thus normally holding the brush in raised position when not in" use so as to permit ready insertion thereof When it is desired to use the brush, the knob is ,moved into lowered position in the manner previously described. It will be evident that there may be slight changes made in the construction" and are rangement of the rdetailswof myiinvention Without departing from the field and scope of the'same, and I intend to. include an such variations, as fall-within the scope of: the appended clainrs,,fl in :this application in which a preferred zfiorm 'only ofzmyi invention is disclosed; 5:??1 WhatI claim :1 v j i '1. In a device'of-"theclass: described,- the combination with a handle, and means at its lower end for gripping acuspidor; of-a pate hingedly' connected with the upper "end I of the handle sofas to swing toward and from the same,jmeans for: latching theplate in adjusted positions, a-secon'd handlecrosse ing the first and having a brush at its-lower end, a' knob projecting outward fromuthe upper end of the second handle,.-and guides carried by the plate for the second handle and knob, whereby the, latter maybe moved 'to impart movement to the brush irjrfespec- V tive of the adjustment in the'position of said platei. I

2. Ina device of the character described, :the combination with a;.ma'1n handle pro- I vided atits lower end with meansfor grip ping a cuspidor, a hollow: casing carried by the upper end of the,main:handle andx having a slot inits -top and perforationsalongside said slot, a cup ped plate hinged at its; lower edge to said casing and having; guides, a second handle having a brush atits. lower end, its body passing throughpne of said guides, and an operatingkiiob QntheseCOnd handle engaging. the other -ui de;;;pf;;a-neok rising from said cuppedwithin the'neck, and: a bar carriedhy the ate through the slot. in, the casing, aspring-aetuated bolt 'angleof the frontj to the supporting easing, V said'front being'jprovided in its top'; with a guideslot, aknob operable in said 1 a brush ro'd secured to said knoba me n r r p mei i p dolr:;-s i s $011 5 le sably ur t ha dle he eteaz si fi rt ing casing secured on said handle, a front hingedly secured to the supporting casing, means for adjusting the angle of the front to the supporting casing, said front being provided with a continuous guide slot in its outer face, a knob operable in said slot, and a brush rod operable through the peripheral wall of the front and secured to said knob.

5. In a device of the character described, a handle provided at its lower end with means for detachably securing the same to a cuspidor, a supporting casing secured to said handle, an annular movable front therefor, means for adjusting the angle of the front relative to the supporting casing, a guide element supported within the front in concentric spaced relation thereto so as to provide a continuous guide slot, said casing be ing further provided with an opening through its peripheral wall, a knob operable in the guide slot, and a brush rod operable through the opening through the peripheral Wall and having its upper end secured to the inner end of sald knob.

6. In a device of the character described, a handle provided at its lower end with means for detachably securing the same to a cuspidor, a guide casing carried by said handle and provided with a guide and With an opening through its peripheral Wall, a brush handle projecting into the casing through said opening, and a knob operable in the guide and secured to the brush handle so as to cause vertical and lateral movement thereof when said knob is moved within said guide.

7. In a device of the character described, a handle provided at its lower end with means for detachably securing the same to a cuspi dor, a guide casing hingedly secured to said handle so as to have its angle thereto varied, means for adjusting the angle of said casing relative to the handle, said guide casing being provided in its outer face with a guide and having an opening through its peripheral Wall, a brush handle projecting into the guide casing and operable through said opening, and a knob operable in the guide and secured to said handle so as to cause vertical and lateral movement thereof when said knob is moved.

8. In a device of the character described, a handle provided at its loWer end With means for detachably securing the same to a cuspidor, a guide casing carried thereby and provided through its peripheral wall With an opening, a brush handle projecting through said opening into the guide casing, a disk within the front of the guide casing in concentric spaced relation therewith so as to rovide a continuous guide slot about the disk, a knob operable in said guide slot and secured to the upper end of the brush handle, and bridge members secured to the front of the guide casing and to the disk and spanning the guide slot so as to permit movement of the knob through the same and serving to support the disk so as to provide an unobstructed path of travel for the handle within the casing when the knob is moved through the guide slot.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR COHEN.

Witnesses:

M. W. SMITH, J r., WM. ZALER.

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